Thunderbolt Fantasy races to the top spot as we catch up on our weekly user rankings! Find out how your favorite shows performed according to our readers' votes.― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Fall 2018 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that ...

Paul checks out the crude but effective sequel to a troubled anime series about fighting giant bugs on Mars, plus a breakdown of all this week's new anime releases!― Something about living in the Northeastern US has a tendency to warp one's mind in very particular ways. As I was digging my car out of half a foot of snow last week, I caught myself thinking, "The weather's not too bad today." You kno...

This supernatural romance's longest arc yet arrives at its climax in a volume that demonstrates all of this manga’s strengths and weaknesses. Nick Creamer has the details.― The Ancient Magus' Bride's eighth volume ended with Elias betraying Chise's trust so completely that he drove her into the arms of their mutual foe, the mysterious Cartaphilus. Across this ninth volume, both Cartaphilus' and Chis...

DanMachi returns to telling smaller self-contained stories as Bell reaches Level 4 in his training. Theron Martin has the details.― With the three-volume arc involving the Xenos now complete, writer Fujino Omori returns both to carrying out a pure dungeon crawl and to telling an entirely self-contained story. That's not to say at all that this is an isolated story; some elements and consequences of ...

This slice-of-life drama where rich kids must grapple with a meritocratic system has some fascinating ideas, but ultimately can’t come together into a greater whole. Nick Creamer has the details.― There's a certain subgroup of anime high school dramas that I've come to essentially see as “Catcher in the Rye shows.” Echoing the defiantly cynical yet extremely naive perspective of Catcher's Holden Cau...

To celebrate the upcoming special theatrical event of MIRAI on November 29, December 5 & 8, GKIDS is giving away awesome stuff to ONE lucky winner!― From acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) and Japan's Studio Chizu comes MIRAI, a daringly original story of love passed down through generations. To celebrate its upcoming special theatrical event on November 29, December 5 & ...

Monday, November 19

Regions also announced for dubcasts premiering this week― HIDIVE announced the English dub casts for Tsurune and Release the Spyce on Monday. The English dubcasts will premiere on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively. Shannon Reed is directing the dub for Tsurune with audio engineers Anel Garcia and Patrick Marrero. The cast includes: Bryson Baugus as Minato Gareth West as Seiya Gabriel Regojo as Ry...

Films to be added on Wednesday― Funimation Entertainment announced on Monday that it will add 10 Dragon Ball Z movies and specials to its FunimationNow streaming service in the United States and Canada on Wednesday. The following titles will be available: Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Re...

The coastal town of Ōarai in Ibaraki prefecture's annual Angler Fish Festival has seen a huge influx of visitors ever since it merged with the Girls und Panzer anime in 2013. The event is nothing short of an all-star example of how local tourism can merge with entertainment. The area suffered greatly after the March 2011 tsunami but attendee turnout for the festival helped bring revitalization to ...

Company must pass inspections to release 18+ game Silverio Trinity― (Note: links in this article may not be safe for work.) A representative from game developer light (Dies Irae) said in a livestream presentation on October 26 that the company submitted an application to get its game, Silverio Trinity (pictured right), on Sony platforms, but the application has not yet passed. The representative fro...

Thunderbolt Fantasy races to the top spot as we catch up on our weekly user rankings! Find out how your favorite shows performed according to our readers' votes.― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Fall 2018 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind that ...

As part of the wider promotion for the Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Eevee Nintendo Switch games, the official Pokémon Centers in Japan are focusing on the original 151 Pokémon from the Red, Blue, Green and Yellow games. There's a certain charm about the Generation I monsters that many players grew up capturing and training in hopes of defeating the Elite 4. Pokémon fans will get to revisit that exp...

Game launches for PS4, Xbox One, PC on February 15― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the first television commercial for its Jump Force crossover game on Monday. The video previews characters such as Luffy, Goku, and Naruto in a ruined New York City. Spike Chunsoft is developing the game, which will launch on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on February 15 in the Americas and ...

Levi's love of cleanliness knows no bounds. He's whipped Osaka train station bathrooms into shape and now he's here to ensure all those Survey Corps uniforms are crisp and white. Levi is the "spokesperson" for Kao's "Attack" brand laundry detergent. The campaign launched over the summer with a poll to pick the detergent bottle's design. Eren was fond of the A design that would show "Levi folding c...

Delayed game launched on March 15― The official Twitter account for the Final Fantasy Explorers-Force iOS and Android game revealed on Monday that the game will end service on February 19. An update added the final chapter of the scenario and new summons beasts. Details about the end of service are available in a notice in the app. The game launched on March 15 after a delay. Square Enix originally ...

Voice actress Mai Kadowaki announced on her blog on Saturday that she is now a "single parent." Kadowaki didn't write whether she was formally divorced or just separated from her husband. Kadowaki wrote that she and her children moved into a new home in the spring and she thanked her friends for helping with the move. She asked that her friends come and visit her family any time. She plans to cont...

NIS America to release game in early 2019― NIS America began streaming a trailer for its release of the The Princess Guide (Anata no Shikihime Kyōdōtan) game for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on Monday. The video introduces the game's four main princesses. NIS America will release the game in early 2019. NIS America describes the game: In a land torn by chaos and war, a new evil rises. Now, four...

Paul checks out the crude but effective sequel to a troubled anime series about fighting giant bugs on Mars, plus a breakdown of all this week's new anime releases!― Something about living in the Northeastern US has a tendency to warp one's mind in very particular ways. As I was digging my car out of half a foot of snow last week, I caught myself thinking, "The weather's not too bad today." You kno...

Film to screen with dub, subtitles― GKIDS and Fathom Events announced on Monday that they will screen Studio Ponoc's anthology film Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Film Theater, Volume 1 in 500 U.S. theaters on January 10 and January 12. Screenings on Thursday, January 10 at 7 p.m. local time will be English-dubbed while screenings on Saturday, January 12 at 12:55 p.m. local time will be in Japanese with...

Crunchyroll and Funimation's short-lived romance is over - but why? Justin has a few angles on what happened, and what might happen next.― Jonathon asked: Funimation ended the partnership with Crunchyroll recently, and a bunch of their shows are getting pulled off of VRV, which sucks. Why did this happen? What will happen to the two companies? Should I be concerned that one of them is going to go a...

Featured series include Devilman, Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Code Geass, Evangelion, Zegapain― A livestream for the Super Robot Wars game series announced on Monday that the new Super Robot Taisen DD (Super Robot Wars DD) smartphone game will launch for iOS and Android devices in Japan in 2019. Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the first promotional video for the game. The game will feature the ...

This supernatural romance's longest arc yet arrives at its climax in a volume that demonstrates all of this manga’s strengths and weaknesses. Nick Creamer has the details.― The Ancient Magus' Bride's eighth volume ended with Elias betraying Chise's trust so completely that he drove her into the arms of their mutual foe, the mysterious Cartaphilus. Across this ninth volume, both Cartaphilus' and Chis...

Original 2008-2011 manga inspired 2 anime DVDs, live-action film― This year's 24th issue of Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine revealed on Tuesday that Kanan Minami will publish a new one-shot manga for the Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu manga in the magazine's next issue on December 5. The manga will have a color opening page and 33 total pages. The one-shot will focus on Tsubaki and Kyōta (highlight the follow...

1st 26 episodes of 2nd season of Beyblade Burst available in U.S, Canada, Australia, New Zealand― The official English Twitter account for the Beyblade franchise announced on Saturday that the first 26 episodes Beyblade Burst Evolution anime is now available on Netflix in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Beyblade Burst God (Beyblade Burst Evolution), the "second season" of the ...

Cowboy Bebop, Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX, Magic Knight Rayearth, Expelled from Paradise debut in game― A livestream for the Super Robot Wars game series announced on Monday that the new Super Robot Taisen T (Super Robot Wars T) game will launch for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan in 2019. The game is also slated for release in Asia. The "T" in the game's title refers to "Terra...

Yoshito Yasuhara, Tomoaki Maeno, Manami Numakura, Natsumi Fujiwara, more― The official website for the Fairy Tail television anime unveiled the cast and character designs for the Alvarez Empire military characters in the final season on Monday: Yoshito Yasuhara as August, the Magic King and one of the Alvarez Empire military's Spriggan 12 Tomoaki Maeno as Invel, the Winter General and one of the Alv...

Manaka Iwami, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yūma Uchida, Yūichi Nakamura star in anime by TMS Entertainment― Funimation announced on Monday that it will stream a new television anime adaptation for Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket manga. Funimation stated the anime will air in Japan on TV Tokyo in 2019, and Funimation will stream the anime on FunimationNow. Funimation also confirmed it has licensed the home vid...

Kazuya Nakai, Keisuke Koumoto star in original anime from Gintama helmer Shinji Takamatsu― A website opened on Monday to announce that production on an original television anime titled RobiHachi has been green-lit. The teaser visual features the two main characters Robii Yaaji and Hacchi Kita. The cast stars: Kazuya Nakai as Robii Yaaji Keisuke Koumoto as Hacchi Kita Daisuke Sakaguchi as JPS-19 (19 ...

Rina Takeda returns to star in new series about sake-loving woman― The official Twitter account for the live-action series based on Chie Shinkyū's Wakako-zake manga revealed on Monday that the show's fourth season will premiere on January 7. The show will air on BS-TV Tokyo and BS-TV Tokyo 4K. Rina Takeda is reprising her role as Wakako. Yoshihiro Nozoe returns as "Taishō," the owner of a restaurant...

― In an interview with Famitsu.com on Friday, game director Tetsuya Nomura confirmed that the Final Fantasy VII remake will be the next PR priority for Square Enix after the release of Kingdom Hearts III in January 2019. Nomura stated he wanted to clear up some misinformation that was circulating online after comments he gave at an event at the Artnia Café in Tokyo earlier in November. Those comment...

4th play in series runs in 4 cities in April, May― The official website for the Kuroko no Basuke - Ultimate Blaze stage play revealed a new visual on Monday for the members of the Rakuzan High basketball team. The cast of the team includes: (from left to right in image above) Soramu Aoki as Kotarō Hayama Takamoto as Chihiro Mayuzumi Yōjirō Itokawa as Seijūrō Akashi Ryōsei Tanaka as Reo Mibuchi Shin ...

New "season" is titled "Saint Seiya Origin" with 2-chapter run in December, January― The official website of publisher Akita Shoten announced on Monday that Masami Kurumada's second mini-series "season" for his Saint Seiya Episode Zero manga will be titled "Saint Seiya Origin," and it will have two chapters that will debut in the February and March 2019 issues of Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine...

Sunday, November 18

Kokoro, Lisa also return for February fighting game― Koei Tecmo America began streaming a new video for Team Ninja's Dead or Alive 6 fighting game on Sunday. The video reveals a new character named NiCO, who is a Finnish fighter who uses lightning attacks with the Southeast Asian martial art Pencak Silat. The new video also reveals the returning characters Kokoro and Lisa. The game will launch for P...

1th volume shipped on Monday― The official YouTube channel of Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday GX magazine began streaming an anime commercial for the 11th volume of Rei Hiroe's Black Lagoon manga on Monday. Megumi Toyoguchi narrates the video. The 11th volume debuted on the same day. (Note: The official video on YouTube is region-locked to Japan. A region-free video is provided below.) Hiroe launched th...

― The official website of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed the color character design visuals for four characters in the television anime adaptation of Taishi Tsutsui's We Never Learn (Boku-tachi wa Benkyō ga Dekinai) manga on Monday. Nariyuki Yuiga Rizu Ogata Fumino Furuhashi Uruka Takemoto Yoshiaki Iwasaki (Love Hina, Hayate the Combat Butler!!, Last Period: the journey to the end o...

The official Twitter account for the anime of Shūichi Asō's The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan) manga revealed a new visual for the upcoming "concluding" anime on Monday. The visual is similar to the previously revealed visual in October, but adds the spiritual medium Reita Toritsuka and Kusuo Saiki's older brother Kūsuke Saiki. The franchise will have an event featuring the a...

HIDIVE announced at Anime NYC on Sunday that it will offer dubcasts for Release the Spyce and Tsurune this season. Tsurune's dub will premiere on November 21, while the Release the Spyce dub will premiere on November 24. The dubs will also stream on Ellation's VRV streaming service. As part of its dubcast initiative, HIDIVE will stream local-language dubbed versions of select anime simulcasts wit...

Release marks 1st N. American release for final season of 1st Sailor Moon anime― Viz Media announced at a Sailor Moon panel at the Anime NYC event on Sunday that it will release the first half of the Sailor Moon Stars anime on home video in spring 2019. Pre-orders will be available soon. Viz Media's release will mark the first time Sailor Moon Stars, which is the fifth and final season of the origi...

Rina Satou joins cast as Mayura in December anime by GONZO― The official website for Toei Animation's anime of Chimaki Kuori's Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō manga revealed a new cast member, the main staff, and a new visual for the anime on Monday. Rina Satou joins the cast as Mayura, the Pavo (Peacock) Silver Saint who acts as a guide for Shōko when she decides to become a Saintia. Masato Tamagawa (Nurs...

Jappanese theater chain TOHO Cinemas started installing Godzilla-themed toilet paper in their restrooms on November 17. Godzilla: The Planet Eater, the final installment in the anime Godzilla film trilogy, began screening in Japan on November 9. King Ghidorah, a kaijū that appears in Godzilla: The Planet Eater, gets toilet paper in his image. The paper shows the beast's long necks, which extend al...

The social media app Mysta is adding a new section on Friday dedicated to producing original anime series. The Mysta presents Koe-chan!-VOICE CHAMPION GRANDPRIX- content. The app already promotes musical talent via a competition similar to American Idol meets Facebook. The section's first original anime is Kurage no Sōdan as a collaboration with the Enoshima Aquarium in Fujisawa, Kanagawa; a breed...

Otomo also had some criticism for modern manga in a recent interview in Big Comic magazine― Katsuhiro Otomo was interviewed in Big Comic Issue 22, where he shared his early memories of Big Comic as well as the surprising influence fellow manga creator Tetsuya Chiba had on him. Tetsuya Chiba is best known for drawing the classic boxing manga Ashita no Joe, which was the inspiration behind the 2018 an...

Manga launched on October 15― This year's 51st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Kazuki Takahashi will end his The Comiq short manga in the next issue on November 26. The final chapter will have 35 pages. Takahashi launched the manga in the magazine's 46th issue on October 15. The manga is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump. Viz Media is pu...

Banpresto's Ichiban Kuji lottery is offering kitchen-themed Natsume's Book of Friends goods, perfect for the gluttonous Nyanko-sensei. Six items are available overall. As always with Ichiban Kuji, it's the Last One Prize, which is given to the person to receive the last prize at each location, that fans will be holding their breath for. This time, it's a doll of Nyanko-sensei inside a pot of food....

Film opens in Japan on January 4, followed by April World Tour, June concerts at Metlife Dome― The official website for the Love Live! anime franchise began streaming the first full trailer for the Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow film on Sunday. The website also posted the second key visual for the film. The Numazu Civic Cultural Center in Shizuoka Prefecture will host a...

Takahide Totsuno launched manga on July 2― This year's 51st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Takahide Totsuno's Alice & Taiyo (Alice to Taiyō) manga on Monday. Shueisha will publish the manga's second and third compiled volumes on February 4. The manga launched in Weekly Shonen Jump's 31st issue on July 2. Shueisha published the manga's first compiled vo...

Documentary program shows Hajime Isayama's work process in manga's final stretch― The MBS documentary program Jōnetsu Tairiku aired an episode on Attack on Titan manga creator Hajime Isayama on Sunday. Toward the end of the episode, the program showed Isayama drawing the rough layout draft for the final panel of the manga series. Select the following link to see the panel draft with spoilers. The di...

Science-fiction manga centers on 2 friends who use science to restart civilization― This year's 51st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Riichirou Inagaki and Boichi's Dr. Stone manga will get a television anime adaptation that will premiere in July 2019. Yūsuke Kobayashi will star in the anime as Senku. The magazine's previous issue hinted at an "important announ...

Bonus anime included with film's February 13 "BD/DVD Plus Ultra Edition"― The Blu-ray Disc and DVD release of the My Hero Academia: Two Heroes film will ship on February 13 in Japan, and the "BD/DVD Plus Ultra Edition" will include a new bonus anime. The All Might: Rising The Animation bonus will adapt the "No.0 ALL MIGHT: RISING" one-shot manga. Below are the illustrations on the front and back of ...

KAT-TUN's Tatsuya Ueda, Johnny's West's Daiki Shigeoka star in comedy series― NTV announced on Sunday that Hiromi Ōkubo's Setsuyaku Rock (Rock Savings) manga is getting a live-action television series that will premiere on NTV on January 21 at 24:59 (effectively January 22 at 12:59 a.m.). KAT-TUN member Tatsuya Ueda (right above) is starring in the series as Takao. Johnny's West member Daiki Shigeok...

Follow-up episode to center around battling cold― "Hataraku Saiten" (Festival at Work!), the first major event for the Cells at Work! anime, announced on Sunday that a new episode will air on December 26 at 24:30 (effectively December 27 at 12:30 a.m.) on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV. The episode "Kaze Shōkōgun" (Cold Syndrome) will be about battling a cold. The staff describes the story...

Company also reveals new titles, release dates for 2 previously licensed novels― Vertical announced at Anime NYC on Saturday that it will release an artbook for illustrator VOFAN (Monogatari series) titled Colorful Dreams. Vertical will release the artbook in October 2019, and the release will include a new cover and photographs. The book is the first of three artbooks that VOFAN published under th...

Film screens in U.S. for 4 days in November-December― The Pokémon Company International began streaming an English-dubbed clip on Saturday from Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (Gekijōban Pocket Monster: Minna no Monogatari), the 21st film in the Pokémon franchise. The film will have a limited theatrical release through Fathom Events in the United States on November 24, November 26, November 28, a...

March 20 game features Misaki from Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation― Koei Tecmo Games announced at the "Dead or Alive Festival 2018" event in Tokyo on Sunday that it is producing a new version of its Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 game titled Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. The game will launch in Japan on March 20, and will feature the character Misaki from the PC v...

Original PS4 game shipped in Japan on February 22, in Southeast Asia with English text on February 27― The official Twitter account for the game series based on the Girls und Panzer franchise revealed on Sunday that the Girls und Panzer Dream Tank Match PlayStation 4 game is getting a Nintendo Switch port in 2019 under the title Girls und Panzer Dream Tank Match DX. The new version will feature new ...

Saturday, November 17

New key visual also revealed for 2nd film in 6-part film project― The official Twitter account for the six-part Girls und Panzer das Finale film series announced on Sunday that the film will open in Japan on June 15, 2019. The account also revealed a new key visual. The show's official website is also streaming a second teaser video. The first Girls und Panzer das Finale film opened in Japan in 59 t...

New trailer, extended demo unveiled― MyDearest announced at Anime NYC on Saturday that Eir Aoi is performing the opening song "UNLIMITED" for its Tokyo Chronos VR visual novel project. The company shared a trailer featuring the opening theme. MyDearest also announced an extended demo that will unveil eight of the nine announced characters for the game. Sekai Project launched a Kickstarter campaign ...

Karuta refers to traditional Japanese card games. Anime fans may know about "poetry karuta" from the hit anime and manga series Chihayafuru. The idea of that game is matching sounds spoken aloud to lines of famous Japanese poetry written on cards. That basic style of play can be adapted to many different texts, including famous lines of dialog from a hit anime series. That's right, Attack on Titan...

In the Godzilla anime film trilogy, Mamoru Miyano plays the irritable and dour captain Sakaki, who thinks of nothing but killing Godzilla. But in real life, Miyano is actually very fond of the atomic breath-spewing kaijū, as he freely displayed at a premiere event of Godzilla: The Planet Eater on November 3. Godzilla: The Planet Eater was the closing film of this year's Tokyo International Film Fe...

Fate/Grand Order made over 9 billion yen (approx. US$80 million) in September according to sales prediction data posted by Game-i. The site tracks sales for video games and social game apps. The amount of money a social game makes per month fluctuates due to the popularity of the events and promotions held in the game, as well as other factors. Fate/Grand Order made 6.4 billion yen (US$56.7 millio...

― Sunrise announced at its Gundam panel at Anime NYC on Saturday that it is working with NYAV Post to produce an English dub for the Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (Kidō Senshi Gundam NT) anime project. The anime will open on November 30 in Japan. Shunichi Yoshizawa (Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Gundam Reconguista in G episode director) is directing the anime at Sunrise Studio #1. Harutoshi Fukui ...

Universal Studios Japan has released details on their Japanese website about their Detective Conan and Lupin III attractions, which are slated to start from January 18, 2019. The "Detective Conan World" will involve three attractions: an escape room game called "Detective Conan The Escape"; a park-wide mystery called "Detective Conan Mystery Challenge"; and a restaurant called "Detective Conan Mys...

Manga by And Yet the Town Moves artist inspired an animated commercial― Manga publisher Denpa announced at Anime NYC on Saturday that it has licensed Masakazu Ishiguro's Heavenly Delusion and You Someya's Pleasure & Corruption manga. The first volume of Heavenly Delusion (Tengoku Dai Makyō) is slated for April 30, 2019. Ishiguro (And Yet the Town Moves) launched the manga in Kodansha's Afternoon ma...

Film opened in Japan in December 2013― Viz Media announced at the Anime NYC event on Saturday that it will screen the Hunter × Hunter -The Last Mission- anime film in theaters in the United States in January. The film opened in Japan in December 2013. Viz Media describes the film: The Battle Olympia tournament at Heaven's Arena is about to begin, but a terrifying enemy ends the festivities. Gon & K...

Also: Automatic Eve novel― Viz Media announced at its panel at Anime NYC on Saturday that it has licensed the My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Komi Can't Communicate, and Beastars manga, as well as the Automatic Eve novel. All four are slated to debut in summer 2019. Manga artist Hirofumi Neda launched the Boku no Hero Academia Smash!! (My Hero Academia: Smash!!) spinoff manga on Shueisha's Jump+ app in ...

The official website for Rising of the Shield Hero unveiled comments from the director Takao Abo and series composition writer Keigo Koyanagi ahead of the anime's release in January. A rough translation is below: Director: Takao Abo Q. Tell us your first impression of the series when you received the offer to work on it. A. Since this is my first time doing an isekai (lit. "other world") fantasy, ...

Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto's scandalous Cleopatra anime film came out in 1970 under the tag line "far more erotic than 1,001 Nights!" The tale recounts the life and times of Marc Antony and Egyptian queen Cleopatra but while definitely for grown-ups, it wasn't actually outright porn. Lesser known than the film itself is Tezuka and Hisashi Sakaguchi's Cleopatra manga. The adaptation of the fi...

Cardcaptor Sakura, Princess Jellyfish get collector's editions― North American publisher Kodansha Comics announced at Anime NYC on Saturday that it has licensed CLAMP's Cardcaptor Sakura, Nobu Aonagi's Tales of Berseria, and Shiramine's Fate/Grand Order - mortalis:stella manga. In addition, the company announced that it plans to release a collector's edition box set for its nine Princess Jellyfish ...

World End Syndrome launches for PS4, Switch in spring 2019― Arc System Works announced at the Anime NYC event on Saturday that it will release the World End Syndrome game and the BlazBlue CentralFiction Special Edition game in North America. Arc System Works plans to release World End Syndrome for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, but not PlayStation Vita, digitally in spring 2019. The game will f...

Game slated for PS4/Xbox One on January 18, on PC via Steam on February 1― Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming new trailer on Friday for its Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown game. The company first revealed the trailer at the Golden Joystick Awards 2018 ceremony in London on Friday. Bandai Namco Entertainment will release the game on January 18, 2019 (January 17 in Japan) for PlayStation 4 ...

DanMachi returns to telling smaller self-contained stories as Bell reaches Level 4 in his training. Theron Martin has the details.― With the three-volume arc involving the Xenos now complete, writer Fujino Omori returns both to carrying out a pure dungeon crawl and to telling an entirely self-contained story. That's not to say at all that this is an isolated story; some elements and consequences of ...

Best-selling essay manga about author, his landlady inspired anime short― Shinchosha's Daily Shincho website revealed on Wednesday that Tarō Yabe will resume his Oya-san to Boku (Landlady and Me) essay manga on Thursday after the manga went on hiatus in August following the the death of Yabe's elderly landlady, the subject of the manga. Yabe said in a message that starting the manga again was "painf...

Noriko Hidaka, Kikuko Inoue, more cast in Cardfight!! Vanguard spinoff premiering on January 12― An unveiling event and the accompanying official website for the Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale television anime revealed more cast members, more staff members, a story introduction, information on the theme songs, January 12 premiere date, and the first promotional video on Saturday. They also conf...

2 separate arrests in Akita, Kyoto prefectures took place on Tuesday― Akita and Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested two separate suspects on Tuesday, both on suspicion of illegally reproducing cards for the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade game. The suspect in Akita is a 19-year-old male who had supposedly sold more than 1,000 copies of illegal reproductions. For example, authorities allege that the suspect ...

Manga's compiled book volume is slated for February 2019― The Ohta Web Comic manga site published the eighth and final chapter for Akihito Yoshitomi's Suginami Kuritsu Mahō Jogakuen Heiwaiji-bu (Suginami City Magic Girls' Academy Peacekeeping Club) manga on Tuesday. The site's official Twitter account also noted that the manga's one compiled book volume is slated for February 2019. Yoshitomi launche...

Manga about 2 friends who like the same boy began last year― This year's December issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine published the final chapter of the main story of Momoko Kōda's Atashino! (Mine!) manga on Tuesday. The issue also announced that a side story, the true final chapter, will run in the magazine's next issue on December 13. The manga follows Akoko, who always says just what s...

FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki wins Lifetime Achievement award― The Golden Joystick Awards 2018 ceremony in London on Friday awarded FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki the Lifetime Achievement award. Square Enix's Octopath Traveler game won the Nintendo Game of the Year award, and Capcom's Monster Hunter: World game won the Best Cooperative Game award. Fortnite won this year's "Ultimate Game...

Game's 3rd expansion to debut in early summer 2019― Square Enix announced at the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival event in Las Vegas on Friday that the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn MMORPG is getting a third expansion titled Stormbringers that will launch in early summer 2019. English Trailer Japanese Trailer The expansion will include multiple new jobs, a new playable race, battle system maintena...

Friday, November 16

Anime NYC event to host world premiere of sequel on Saturday― The Mob Psycho 100 panel at the Anime NYC event on Friday revealed a new key visual for Mob Psycho 100 II, BONES' second anime season of ONE's Mob Psycho 100 manga. The event also revealed that the show will premiere in Japan on January 7, and confirmed that the new season will stream on Crunchyroll. In Japan, the anime will premiere on ...

Shankar: series will "join Claslevania in what we're now calling the bootleg multiverse"― Adi Shankar, executive producer for Netflix's Castlevania animated series, confirmed with video game news website IGN on Friday that he is developing an animated series based on Capcom's Devil May Cry game franchise. Shankar stated the series "will join Castlevania in what we're now calling the bootleg multiver...

On October 30, an informational program called "Sukkiri" aired a debate around children's picture books and the "moe" art style. "Moe" is a Japanese slang word that refers to characters that evoke a strong feeling of cuteness and desire to protect the character. The word is often associated with otaku media. Although the word is thought to have originated in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it foun...

Also: Director Hosoda talks about the film in video― GKIDS began streaming an English-dubbed clip for Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai anime film on Friday. The clip shows the main character Kun meeting with a girl who likes to make messes. GKIDS also streamed a video showing Hosoda drawing an image of Kun and Mirai while discussing the film. Actress Victoria Grace (The Last of Us Part II's Yara) announced las...

The official Evangelion merchandise store, EVANGELION STORE TOKYO-01, is celebrating its seventh year in business with a limited Evangelion restaurant in the Tokyo/Ikebukuro 46 dining area. The Evangelion Bar opens on Friday and will serve classic bar food with a NERV twist. The menu has over 30 items all with references to Hideaki Anno's classic sci-fi anime. Customers who order a collaboration d...

― Sunrise announced at its Anime NYC panel on Friday that it plans to release a new Gundam theatrical film every one to two years. The films will debut in Japan and other countries, though the staff did not say which countries. Sunrise will unveil a new project for the 40th anniversary of the Gundam franchise during a livestream on November 21 at 1:00 p.m. JST (November 20 at 11:00 p.m. EST). The l...

Both series get home video release in January― Sentai Filmworks announced the English dub casts for the Girls' Last Tour and Land of the Lustrous anime at Anime NYC on Friday. The Girls' Last Tour cast, under director Shannon Reed, includes: Cat Thomas as Chito Juliet Simmons as Yuuri Mark X Laskowski as Kanazawa Stephanie Wittels as Ishii Kalin Coates as Cut Kregg Daily as Robot Shelley Calene-Bla...

ITmedia published an article on November 13 titled "Some Titles Have Even Halted Their Home Video Release... Is the Anime Disc Dying?" Author and journalist Tadashi Sudo highlights the decline of physical disc sales in Japan in recent years and argues that this has been caused by the popularity of video streaming services as well as the overabundance of new anime titles. Sudo begins by highlightin...

Shorts tied to Rage of Bahamut franchise to premiere in January― Sentai Filmworks announced at Anime NYC on Friday that it has licensed the Manaria Friends anime under the title Mysteria Friends. The company will stream the series of shorts as it airs beginning in January 2019. The anime was originally planned to premiere on April 1, 2016. However, the official website announced in March 2016 that ...

Made in Abyss compilation films to open in theaters― Sentai Filmworks announced at Anime NYC on Friday that it has licensed the Made in Abyss compilation films and the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon: Arrow of Orion! (Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka: Arrow of the Orion) film. The company will release all three films in U.S. theaters in 2019. The first Made i...

Novels inspired anime, manga adaptations― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Friday that it has licensed Junpei Inuzuka and Katsumi Enami's Restaurant to Another World (Isekai Shokudo) light novel series. The first volume is slated for print and digital release on June 18, 2019. Seven Seas describes the story: “Western Cuisine Nekoya” seems like a typical restaurant on the outside, but it hides a...

Film screens in the U.S. in February― Aniplex of America began streaming an English-dubbed trailer for the anime film of Yoru Sumino's I Want to Eat Your Pancreas novel on Friday. Aniplex and Fathom Events will screen the film in the United States in February. Screenings on February 7 at 7:00 p.m. local time will be English-subtitled, while screenings on February 10 at 12:55 p.m. local time will be...

Imari Williams, Greg Chun, Lucien Dodge, Kaiji Tang, Alan Lee, more join cast― Aniplex of America announced the English dub cast for the Record of Grancrest War television anime at its Anime NYC panel on Friday. The company also began streaming a trailer for the dub. The dub is slated to debut in 2019. The dub cast includes: Brandon Winckler as Theo Cornaro Jeannie Tirado as Siluca Meletes Imari Wi...

A pampered Pokémon leads a lush life chomping on Poffins. Personally, I wouldn't mind trying out a Poffin just once, they kind of look like macron sweets. The high-end accessory brand Q-pot is all about sweet stuff, having previously transformed Sailor Moon items into cookie and candy accessories. Pikachu and Eevee are next in the brand's first collaboration with the Pokémon game franchise and res...

Robbie Daymond, Erika Harlacher star in drama film― Aniplex of America announced at its Anime NYC panel on Friday that its United States theatrical release for the anime film of Yoru Sumino's I Want to Eat Your Pancreas novel is slated for February 2019. Screenings on February 7 at 7:00 p.m. local time will be English-subtitled, while screenings on February 10 at 12:55 p.m. local time will be Engli...

Dub to stream on Netflix, Hulu― Aniplex of America announced the English dub cast for Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online at Anime NYC on Friday. The company also announced that the dub will stream on Netflix and Hulu. The cast includes: Reba Buhr as Llenn/Karen Kohiruimaki Allegra Clark as Pitohui/Elza Kanzaki Ray Chase as M/Goushi Asougi Faye Mata as Fukaziroh/Miyu Shinohara Cindy Robin...

― Aniplex of America announced at Anime NYC on Friday that it will release the first season of Black Butler on a Blu-ray Disc box set on January 29, 2019. The first season of Black Butler adapts Yana Toboso's manga of the same name, and premiered in Japan in 2008. The anime takes place in Victorian London and follows the adventures of Ciel Phantomhive and his demonic butler, Sebastian. Funimation E...

The only thing Twitter user @shibuya319 might be more serious about than Pokémon GO is his love for his wife, "Rii-san". The two met doing what they love best: attempting to catch Pokémon. Their fated meeting was the first page in a heartwarming love story. The couple met on August 27, 2016 while trying to catch a Lapras. They tied the knot two years later in a Pokémon-filled ceremony. A college f...

"The show has handled its mix of campy fantasy and emotionally heightened storytelling well up until now, but this sixth chapter sees Karakuri Circus finally starting to creak under the strain of its many ideas and tones."

Model maker notes that Frame Arms Girl franchise was less active― Japanese figure and model maker Kotobukiya revealed in its first quarter (July 1 and September 30) balance sheet on Tuesday that it saw a 28.3% decrease in sales from the same quarter last year. The company had 2.396 billion yen (about US$21 million) in sales last year but 1.718 billion yen (about US$15 million) this year. The busines...

"Greggo's Game Show" host turned himself in to police on October 30― James Gregory "Greggo" Wicker, an anime con regular known for his "Greggo Game Show" panels, announced his retirement on October 30, the same day news surfaced that he was arrested on charges of animal cruelty. 43-year-old Wicker contacted Morgantown Police in West Virgina to turn himself in on the morning of October 30. Police arr...

PS4, PS Vita game launches on February 14― Atlus began streaming a new introduction video for its Catherine: Full Body game on Friday. The video previews the "Ideal Voice" DLC set with various voice actresses playing Catherine. The PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game will ship in Japan on February 14, 2019. The game will also get a release in the Americas and Europe in 2019. The Japanese limited...

While voice actors and anime production staff are common guests for overseas conventions, why is it so much less common for manga artists to make the journey? Deb Aoki has the answers.― Why don't more Japanese manga artists come to N. American comic / anime conventions? It's largely a matter of time, availability and money. Most manga artists, especially those who have series that are published on ...

Arcade game with Sunrise's animation launches in Japan on November 21― Square Enix began streaming an Ae Rial customization promotional video and a television commercial for its Starwing Paradox (Hoshi to Tsubasa no Paradox) project on Friday. The company also began streaming a Shirley and Isadora character introduction video on November 7, the same day it debuted the second animated promotional vid...

Switch games launched on Friday― Nintendo of America and Nintendo UK's official YouTube channels began streaming an overview trailer and a launch trailer for the Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! Nintendo Switch games on Friday. The Pokémon Company International's official YouTube channel also began streaming a promotional video for the games that features "Pokémon Theme (Got...

PS4, Xbox One, PC game's video previews Luffy's abilities― Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe announced on Friday that they will release the One Piece: World Seeker game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on March 15. The companies also began streaming a new trailer that previews Luffy's Gum Gum abilities, Skill Tree upgrades, and his Fourth Gear form...

This slice-of-life drama where rich kids must grapple with a meritocratic system has some fascinating ideas, but ultimately can’t come together into a greater whole. Nick Creamer has the details.― There's a certain subgroup of anime high school dramas that I've come to essentially see as “Catcher in the Rye shows.” Echoing the defiantly cynical yet extremely naive perspective of Catcher's Holden Cau...

My Sweet Tyrant's Shin Katagai directs series at Yumeta Company, Graphinica― The official website for the Re:Stage! Dream Days♪ television anime of Re:Stage!, Monthly Comptiq magazine and Pony Canyon's multimedia project about idol singers in middle school, revealed a teaser video, visual, staff, cast, and 2019 premiere for the show on Friday. The video previews the main characters and cast members....

Show already ran in Tokyo, Paris this year― The official website for the Sailor Moon franchise announced on Tuesday that Sailor Moon The Super Live, the new performance show based on Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga, will have performances in New York and Washington, D.C. in March 2019. The website also began streaming a promotional video for the performances. The show had a preview run at AiiA 2....

Film is 8th highest-earning anime film of all time in Japan― The Japanese entertainment news website Cinema Today reported on Friday that Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Meitantei Conan Zero no Shikkōnin), the 22nd film in the Detective Conan franchise, has earned more than 11 billion yen (about US$97.1 million) worldwide. The film opened in Japan on April 13, and earned the highest opening week...

91 Days, ReLIFE, Orange,Tanya, Nanbaka more now available with dubs― Crunchyroll confirmed on Tuesday that the following anime titles are now available with English dubs on the website. The shows are also available with subtitles: 91 Days Classroom of the Elite The Morose Mononokean Nanbaka Orange ReLIFE Saga of Tanya the Evil URAHARA The titles are part of the previously announced list of nearly 50...

― The official website for Sega's Yakuza Online (Ryū ga Gotoku Online) game revealed on Friday that the game will launch for iOS and Android devices and on PC on November 21. Sega will host a pre-release livestream on November 19. While Kazuma Kiryū's story ended with Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Yakuza Online starts a "New Yakuza" series with Ichiban Kasuga as the protagonist. Kazuhiro Nakaya is vo...

― The official website for the television anime of FuRyu's Pastel Memories smartphone game revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere on January 7 at 24:30 (effectively January 8 at 12:30 a.m.) on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and BS Fuji. Yasuyuki Shinozaki (Shuffle!, Xam'd: Lost Memories, And you thought there is never a girl online? episode director) is directing the anime at project No. 9. T...

Ayaka Nanase, Haruka Tomatsu, Yō Taichi star in series about daughter of ninja family― The official website for Studio 3Hz's original television anime series Blackfox began streaming a second promotional video for the anime on Friday. The video reveals the show's three main cast members. The site also revealed character designs and descriptions, the show's story, and two more visuals. The show stars...

New smartphone game for classic tactical RPG series will feature soundtrack by Noriyuki Iwadare― Beijing-based game company ZLONGAME announced on Thursday that its Langrisser Mobile smartphone game based on the Langrisser series will get a global version. The company will launch a "small-scale test" for the game soon, and will release the game next year. The franchise's copyright holder Extreme auth...

Home video release to feature 3 episodes― The official website for Ikki Tousen Western Wolves, the newest anime entry in the Ikki Tousen franchise, revealed on Friday that the anime will ship on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on February 27. The anime will have three episodes. The anime is a sequel to the 2014 OVA Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch, which aired on TV in December 2014 and shipped in Japan in Febr...

Comedy manga inspired 2 TV anime seasons in 2011, 2012― The official website for Square Enix's Monthly G Fantasy magazine revealed on Friday that Kiichi Hotta's Kimi to Boku. adolescent comedy manga will resume in the magazine's January 2019 issue on December 18. The chapter will have a color opening page. The manga has been on hiatus since the magazine's November 2015 issue, although it took a prev...

― The wraparound jacket band on the 14th compiled volume of "act 2" of Yūji Terajima's Ace of Diamond (Daiya no A) manga revealed on Friday that the manga will have an "important announcement" on November 25. The staff and cast of the anime adaptation will hold an "Ace of Diamond All-Star Game III" event at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on November 25. Voice actor Ryota Ohsaka, the voice of the lead charact...

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 manga's Michio Murakawa draws new manga― Manga creator Michio Murakawa launched a new spinoff manga for the Girls und Panzer franchise titled Girls und Panzer Momi no Ki to Tetsu no Hane no Majo (Girls und Panzer: The Witch With Wings of Fir and Iron) in Kadokawa's ComicWalker website on Thursday. The next chapter will debut on December 15. The manga centers around Noemi...

Switch release slated for December 20― D3 Publisher began streaming a promotional video on Thursday for its Nintendo Switch release of The Nameko no Puzzle ~Nameko Dai Hanshoku~ (Mushroom Puzzle: Large Mushroom Propagation) game. The video shows gameplay footage. The game is slated to launch in Japan on December 20, and it is listed with English, Traditional Chinese, and Korean language support. The...

Game launched in Japan in 2015, English version debuted in 2016― The official Japanese website of Cygames' Battle Champs (Little Noah) smartphone game announced on Thursday that the game will shut down on January 17. The official Twitter account for the game's English version also announced that that version of the game will shut down on the same day. Cygames describes the game: The champs have arri...

― This year's 23rd issue of Kodansha's Evening magazine published a new chapter of Akira Hiramoto's RaW Hero manga on Tuesday. The issue confirmed that the manga has resumed from its hiatus. The manga took a break for one issue due to the author's "sudden illness." Hiramoto launched the manga in the 20th issue of the magazine on September 25. The manga's first chapter starts out by following a femal...

Game debuted in China on Thursday― Mobile game developer KLab Inc. began streaming a gameplay video for it and Chinese developer Beijing Kunlun Lexiang Network Technology's BLEACH Kyo・Kai-Tamashinokakusei: Shinigami (Bleach: Boundary Awakened Souls - Shinigami) smartphone game on Thursday. The video shows various characters in combat. The game debuted in China on the Apple App Store on Thursday, and...

Hagiwara plays Ichitaka's schoolmate Izumi Isozaki in 13-episode series premiering on December 21― The staff of the live-action series adaptation of Masakazu Katsura's I''s manga revealed on Friday that Minori Hagiwara will play Izumi Isozaki, a girl two years Ichitaka's junior. Ichitaka met her on the beach in the summer. The official YouTube account for the Skyper! channel is also streaming an ima...

Thursday, November 15

― The Gundam.info portal website announced on Friday that Sunrise will have a live streamed announcement event for a project celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Gundam franchise on November 21 at 1:00 p.m. JST (November 20 at 11:00 p.m. EST). The project also opened a new website. The latest anime project for the franchise is Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (Kidō Senshi Gundam NT), a new film that ...

Delayed PS4, Switch, smartphone game slated to launch this winter― The official website for Level 5's Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin game for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android began streaming a new promotional video on Wednesday. Level 5 announced in October that it is delaying the release from this fall to this winter to improve the game's quality. The company previously delayed ...

Majin Buu is ready to bippity boppity onto your feet for the third shoe collaboration with adidas Originals. The soccer-inspired Kamanda shoe gets a makeover to reference one of Dragon Ball Z's most formidable foes. The Kamanda shoe has a pink nubuck with perforations replicating Buu's own facial and torso holes. The heel patch has the same M as Buu's Majin belt. Other subtle details can be seen t...

All cast members return from original game― The official Twitter account for the television anime adaptation of the Stand My Heroes smartphone game announced four more cast members with character designs on Friday Tomohito Takatsuka as Sōsei Arakida Tetsuya Kakihara as Tsukasa Asagiri Takuya Eguchi as Yō Hattori Yoshitaka Yamaya as Natsuki Kanno The staff also announced 11 cast members without desig...

The award ceremony for publisher Shogakukan's 31st annual DIME Trend Awards was held on November 14 and honored Detective Conan's own Tōru Amuro character with its "Best Character" prize. Amuro, who surged in popularity following the Detective Conan: Zero's Executioner film, was present with his voice actor Tohru Furuya. The character definitely embodies "trending" as magazines featuring Tōru have...

Game features 32 Sega characters― Sega announced the official launch of an iOS and Android puzzle game titled SEGA Heroes on Thursday. Massachusetts-based Demiurge Studios developed the app featuring characters from Sega games. The game has already been available for several months for a soft launch. The game is launching with 32 playable characters from nine game franchises: Sonic, Tails, Amy Rose,...

The hit cozy anime Laid-Back Camp is inspiring two card games, one based on the party game Werewolf and the other centering on matching characters to their respective episode for points. In the Werewolf game, players will try to figure out who spilled the camp site's curry at midnight. This obviously grave offense will pit players against one another has they try to figure out who is the clumsy cu...

Cotoji launched series about unlucky girls in 2012― The Japanese retailer Mangaoh is listing the 10th compiled book volume of Cotoji's Anne Happy (Unhappy Go Lucky!) manga as the series' last. Houbunsha will release the volume on January 12. Yen Press is releasing the series, and it describes the story: Tennogofune Academy's class 1-7 sure is unlucky. But brighter fortunes may be on the way when Hib...

― The Entertainment Software Association revealed in its announcement for its 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) event that Sony Interactive Entertainment will not attend the event. It will mark the first time in the event's 24-year history that Sony will not attend. Sony confirmed with Game Informer that it will not hold an off-site press conference around E3. The company explained that it is ...

Comedians, models share their love of Sailor Moon in diversity-positive ad― Earlier this week, XFLAG's mobile game Monster Strike teased a collaboration with the Sailor Moon Crystal anime series with a commercial showing five shadowy Sailor Guardians. Who could the five girls possibly be? The franchise is currently promoting the Sailor Moon The Super Live musical stage play but if you thought XFLAG'...

Anju Hino's series based on mystery novels launched in August― Anju Hino's manga adaptation of Rin Fujiki's Vatican Miracle Examiner (Vatican Kiseki Chōsakan) mystery novel series will end with the 27th chapter in the January 2019 issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Gene magazine in December. The 26th chapter (seen below) debuted in the magazine's December issue on Thursday. Hino launched the manga in...

Linda Young voices Chiyo Kumasawa― Catbox Creative announced on Twitter on Wednesday that its Kickstarter campaign for an English dub for 07th Expansion's Umineko: When They Cry (Umineko no Naku Koro ni) visual novel has been "slightly" delayed "due to a health emergency affecting an essential member of [the campaign's] launch team." The company plans to launch the project as soon as the affected te...

How dedicated are you to Niantic's Pokemon GO mobile game? Maybe you've gotta catch as many shiny variants as possible or just enjoy the opportunity to mix sightseeing with capturing regional-exclusive Pokemon. There are many different ways to enjoy playing, but a 70-year-old Taiwanese man is taking the game to the next level. The "Pokemon Hunting Grandpa" Chén Sānyuán first started his Pokemon qu...

― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it will publish an original My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic four-panel comic titled My Little Pony: The Manga - A Day in the Life of Equestria. The first volume is slated for print and digital release June 2019. Each volume will feature eight interconnected stories for all ages. The company has not yet announced the author or artists. The comi...

Game ships in Japan on February 28― Takara Tomy began streaming a teaser video for its Zoids Wild King of Blast game for Nintendo Switch on Thursday. The game will ship in Japan on February 28 for 6,458 yen (about US$57). The first copies of the game will bundle Wild Liger Evil armor. Takara Tomy first announced Zoids Wild with a planned anime, manga, and model kit line in addition to the Switch gam...

Series premieres in January on Noitamina/Amazon Prime in Japan― The official website for the anime adaptation of Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku no Neverland) manga began streaming the series' second commercial on Friday. The narration in the video says, "Grace Field House is a place where children without parents live. Our happiness would last forever... or so we th...

Production is underway in Hawaii, Australia for 2020 Hollywood film― Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment revealed the synopsis for their Godzilla vs. Kong film on Monday. The companies describe the story: In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity's fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet...

Free-to-play RPG allows players to create squad from their favorite characters― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a promotional video on Thursday for its Black Clover: Mugen no Kishidan (Dream Knights) smartphone game. The game officially started service on Wednesday. The game is free to play, with the opportunity to purchase some in-game items. In the role-playing game, players can create ...

Ambition launched game in English on July 4― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that Crunchyroll Games is the new publisher of the English version of Ambition's Bungo Stray Dogs: Tales of the Lost iOS and Android smartphone game. The game is available "in territories across North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia." Ambition originally released the game in English on July 4. Crunchyroll is serving as...

― The official website for GMO Internet's Hakyū Hoshin Engi: Senkai Chronicle smartphone game revealed on Wednesday that the game will launch for iOS and Android in Japan on January 8. The free-to-play game will have 2D illustrations for the adventure segments, with 3D models for battles. Ryu Fujisaki's 23-volume Hoshin Engi manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1996-2000. The manga is roughly based ...

Film opened in Japan on July 20, debuted on Netflix on September 14― Warner Bros. Japan revealed two more behind-the-scenes videos on Thursday for the live-action film of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga. The company streamed a previous behind-the-scenes video earlier this month. The full version of the video will be included in the Premium Edition of the film's Blu-ray Disc and DVD release in Japan on Dece...

Game will get "offline version" after service ends― Konami announced on Thursday that "due to various circumstances" it will end management service for its Tokimeki Idol iOS and Android game on January 15. After the game ends service, Konami will release an "offline ver 2.0" version of the game that will still be playable. The game was originally slated to release last winter, but launched on March ...

Updates to feature 3 Hokage characters― Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming three videos on Thursday previewing DLC sets 4-6 for the Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker game. The videos preview the following new playable characters: the fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, the second Hokage Tobirama Senju, and the first Hokage Hashirama Senju. Bandai Namco Entertainment released the game for P...

Mars, ES creator's biographical work about Cesare Borgia launched in 2005― Manga creator Fuyumi Soryo resumed her CESARE - Il Creatore che ha distrutto historical manga in this year's 50th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine on Thursday. Soryo will publish the manga in the magazine once a month. Soryo launched the manga in Morning in 2005, and Kodansha published the 11th and most recent volume in J...

More details on "secret base creation RPG" to be revealed later― Bandai Namco Entertainment announced a new game for the Nintendo Switch titled Ninja Box on Thursday. Bandai Namco Entertainment will announce more details about the game, including the release date, at a later date. The company describes the game as a "secret base creation RPG." Bandai Namco Entertainment opened a teaser site for the ...

Manga set at near-future academy designed to combat declining birth rate launched in 2014― This year's 50th issue of Shueisha's Young Jump magazine revealed on Thursday that Mengo Yokoyari will end the Retort Pouch! manga in the next chapter, which will appear in the magazine's third 2019 issue on December 20. The manga's story is set in the year 20XX, where the government sets up an absurd academy ...

― Publisher eigoMANGA announced on Monday that it has launched a new manga and comic service titled Comic Climax. The service currently hosts digital comics, animation, and soundtracks, including Shuho Sato's Say Hello to Black Jack manga (titled in the service as Give My Regards to Black Jack), as well as the eigoMANGA-produced Vanguard Princess manga based on the game of the same name. The app als...

Rika Tachibana replaces Ayaka Imamura after latter's retirement― The official website for Square Enix's SINoALICE smartphone game announced on Monday that Rika Tachibana will replace Ayaka Imamura as the voice of the character Red Riding Hood. Imamura retired from the entertainment industry at the end of June due to her worsening health. Nexon will release the game worldwide, although it has not yet...

Yumi Adachi, Kenjiro Ishimaru, Fumi Dan, Shingo Tsurumi, 3 others join cast for January series― The official website for the live-action television series adaptation of Aki Mochida's Hajimete Koi o Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi manga revealed more cast for the series on Thursday. The new cast members include: Yumi Adachi as Miwa Matsuoka, Junko's friend, and the owner of a cabaret club Kenjiro Ishimaru a...

Vanillaware game originally slated for release on PS4/Vita this year― Atlus announced on Thursday that it has delayed the release date of it and Vanillaware's 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim game to an as-yet undetermined release date. The companies also canceled the game's PlayStation Vita version, with the game now only slated for the PlayStation 4. The game was previously slated for release this year. At...

Series follows Japanese woman, Saudi Arabian woman who are roommates― Online book retailer e-hon is listing the fourth volume of Yupechika's Satoko and Nada manga as the last volume. The volume is slated to ship in Japan on December 13. Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in North America, and it describes the story: Satoko, who is Japanese, has a new roommate in America: a Saudi Arabian...

FuRyu publishes adventure game based on franchise's 39th film― The December issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comics magazine revealed on Thursday that Eiga Doraemon no Nobita no Getsumen Tansaki (Doraemon the Movie: Chronicle of the Moon Exploration), the Doraemon franchise's 39th film, will receive an adventure game for the Nintendo Switch. FuRyu will publish the game, and will ship the game...

Square Enix, Pokelabo, NieR: Automata's Yoko Taro developed game― Game developer Nexon announced on Thursday that it will release Square Enix's SINoALICE game worldwide. The company did not announce a release date for the game. Nexon describes the game: SINoALICE is a chilling retelling of classic fairy tale within an unsettling dark fantasy world inspired by the game's creative director, Yoko Taro ...

Home video release slated for April, with more bonus extras as pre-orders increase― The official Twitter account for Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World (Isekai Izakaya ~Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu~), the anime of Natsuya Semikawa's Otherworldly Izakaya "Nobu" (Isekai Izakaya "Nobu") light novel series, announced on Tuesday that the anime's home video Blu-ray Disc has achieved the 300...

Final film in trilogy opened on November 9 at #6 in box office― The Mainichi Shimbun's MAiDiGi TV YouTube channel began streaming a trailer on Thursday for Godzilla: The Planet Eater (Godzilla: Hoshi wo Kū Mono), the third and final film in the Godzilla anime film trilogy. The trailer shows Godzilla's fight with King Ghidorah. The film opened in 158 theaters on Friday and ranked #6 in its opening we...

Main Coro Coro Comic magazine launched in 1977― The December issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comic (Coro Coro Comics) revealed on Thursday that it is getting a sister magazine titled Mira Coro Comic. The next issue of Monthly Coro Coro Comic will reveal more information about the new magazine in December. Shogakukan printed more than 1 million copies of the January 2018 issue of the magazine...

Film based on popular sword personification franchise opens on January 18― The official website for Toho Cinemas is hosting stills from the live-action film adaptation of Nitroplus and DMM Games' Touken Ranbu franchise. IMG touken01.jpg IMG touken02.jpg IMG touken03.jpg IMG touken04.jpg IMG touken05.jpg IMG touken06.jpg The film stars (Note: Names of historical Japanese characters have been written ...

Wednesday, November 14

Yoshiki, Hyde collaborated on Attack on Titan season 3 opening "Red Swan"― X Japan member YOSHIKI announced on Monday that his entire concert on Thursday, November 15 with guest performer HYDE of the band L'Arc-en-Ciel will have a live stream on 7:00 p.m. JST (5:00 a.m. EST). The stream will be on the Nico Nico Video channel Yoshiki Channel in Japan, and Yoshiki's YouTube channel for viewers outside...

TV anime series, films available for digital purchase― Amazon recently began offering Yowamushi Pedal New Generation, "season 1" and "season 3" of Yo-kai Watch, Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie, and Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone for digital purchase. Yowamushi Pedal New Generation and Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone are available with English subtitles, and the Yo-kai Watch series and film are avai...

Karakuri Circus voice actress Chihiro Ueda is working her way to the highest point in the big top. Ueda starred in a video titled "Chihiro Ueda's Road to Be Ring Master" where she attempts master the trapeze, not unlike Shirogane in the anime series. It's a hard road though, and Ueda has zero experience with acrobatics of this sort. Ueda reacts like most of us would: by screaming her head off. Ued...

Anime NYC holds U.S. premiere screening of "Is Lupin Still Burning?" episode― TMS Entertainment USA announced on Wednesday that it will release the first 12 episodes of Lupin the Third: Part 5, the fifth Lupin III anime series, for the first time in the U.S. on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon Digital on November 18. The "Season 1" release will include the "Is Lupin Still Burning?" ("Lupin wa Ima mo ...

New 21-page chapter will debut in Kotomi Aoki's art exhibit from November 21-26― The official Twitter account of Shogakukan's Cheese! magazine revealed on Monday that a new chapter for the Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru manga that Kotomi Aoki will draw for her art exhibit will be 21 pages long. The chapter will be exclusive to exhibit attendees for the time being, so the editorial staff said that th...

Real-life author Osamu Dazai is the author of the classic Japanese short story No Longer Human and is famous for his both his literary work and troubled personal life. In the manga and anime series Bungo Stray Dogs, Dazai gets a new lease on life as a supernaturally powered detective working with other literary bigwigs. At some point he must make time to pen his famous novel because he appears on ...

Simulcast running now on Crunchyroll― Sentai Filmworks announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the Between the Sky and Sea (Sora to Umi no Aida) anime in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and other territories. The company plans to stream the anime and release it on home video. The anime premiered in Japan on October 3 and Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs. Sentai Filmworks...

Film opened in Japan last month― Eleven Arts began streaming an English-subtitled version of the teaser trailer for Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 (Haikara-san ga Tōru Kōhen: Hana no Tōkyō Dai Roman), the second of two film adaptations of Waki Yamato's Haikara-san ga Tooru manga, on Wednesday. The trailer reveals that Eleven Arts will screen the film beginning on December 7 in the United...

― Netflix is listing a page for the Back Street Girls -Gokudols- anime with a December 12 release date in the United States. The anime based on Jasmine Gyuh's manga premiered in Japan on July 3. Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga digitally in English, and it describes the series: Tough gangland retribution takes a disturbingly bright, shiny turn in this insanely guilty pleasure about 3 yakuzas ...

Come join ANN at the first Anime Business Conference in NYC tomorrow.― Tickets to the first ever Anime Business Conference tomorrow in NYC are still available. The conference, held at the Japan Society, in conjunction with Anime NYC (which starts Friday) and Anime News Network, will feature solo talks from Crunchyroll co-founder Kun Gao, and anime industry veteran Charlene Ingram, as well as round-t...

The servants of Fate/Grand Order are back at LAWSON convenience stores to fill up on a second helping of its Karaage-kun fried chicken snacks. The new campaign started on Tuesday and includes packaging and original goods. The "Karaage-kun F/GO Flavor" chicken (and 'F/GO flavor,' in this case, is short for 'Fried Garlic Onion') comes in a cardboard package showing Saber, Mash, and female Master Gud...

Film based on manga about 3 boys who start extortion racket opens in November― The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper's MAiDiGi TV YouTube channel began streaming a behind-the-scenes video of the live-action film adaptation of Daisuke Suzuki and Keisuke Hiya's Gangoose manga on Wednesday. The video shows the choreography for a fight scene featuring the character Andō (MIYAVI). The film will open in theaters...

Natsuo Sai draws all 3 manga, with 1st volume slated for January 25 on 1st film's opening― The official website for the three-film Psycho-Pass SS or Psycho-Pass Sinners of the System project revealed on Wednesday that all three films will get manga adaptations. Natsuo Sai (Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kōgami) will draw all three manga. Mag Garden will release the first volume inspired by the first ...

Game launches on PS4 in Japan on February 28, in West on March 5― Square Enix began streaming a new "The Survivors" character trailer for its Left Alive survival action shooter game for PlayStation 4 and PC (via Steam) on Wednesday. The game will launch for PS4 and PC via Steam in North America and Europe on March 5. In Japan, the game will launch for PlayStation 4 on February 28 and on Steam on Mar...

― The December issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comic magazine revealed on Thursday that Takara Tomy's Zoids Wild King of Blast game for Nintendo Switch will ship in Japan on February 28 for 6,458 yen (about US$57). The first copies of the game will bundle Wild Liger Evil armor. Takara Tomy first announced Zoids Wild with a planned anime, manga, and model kit line in addition to the Switch ga...

Hitomi Ohwada, Naomi Ōzora join cast; 5 cast members sing opening― The official website for the television anime of Nanatsu Mukunoki's Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! (An Angel Flew Down to Me!) manga began streaming the first promotional video for the anime on Wednesday. The video reveals more cast members and the opening theme song. The newly announced cast members are: Hitomi Ohwada as Koyori Tane...

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Rina Satou, Nobutoshi Canna, Ryotaro Okiayu, Makoto Koichi, Junya Enoki― The official website for Egao no Daika (The Price of Smiles), Tatsunoko Productions' original television anime to mark its 55th anniversary, revealed additional cast members for the anime on Wednesday. The cast members, including the previously announced Yumiri Hanamori and Saori Hayami, include (Note: Char...

Manga adapts classic H.P. Lovecraft novella― The December issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam magazine published the last chapter of Gou Tanabe's The Shadow Out of Time (Toki o Koeru Kage) manga on Monday. The manga is an adaptation of author H.P. Lovecraft's novella of the same name. The story centers on Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, a professor of Political Economy at the fictional Miskatonic Univ...

Film opened last Saturday at #9― The official website for the Eureka Seven: Hi - Evolution film trilogy began streaming the first 10 minutes of Anemone: Kōkyōshihen Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution), the second film in the trilogy. For the first time in the Eureka Seven franchise, the film will be set in Tokyo. The film centers on Anemone, a girl who lost her father in a...

Full lineup for New Year's Eve contest also revealed― NHK revealed the lineup for its Kōhaku Uta Gassen ("Red and White Song Contest") on Wednesday. The yearly New Year's Eve contest pits two teams of female singers (the red team) and male singers (the white team) against each other. This year, the Love Live! Sunshine!! franchise's Aqours group and the Touken Ranbu stage musical's Touken Danshi grou...

To celebrate the upcoming special theatrical event of MIRAI on November 29, December 5 & 8, GKIDS is giving away awesome stuff to ONE lucky winner!― From acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) and Japan's Studio Chizu comes MIRAI, a daringly original story of love passed down through generations. To celebrate its upcoming special theatrical event on November 29, December 5 & ...

Tuesday, November 13

Monster Hunter: World nominated for Game of the Year― The Game Awards announced its list of 2018 nominees on Tuesday. The nominees include Capcom's Monster Hunter: World, Sony Santa Monica and Sony Interactive Entertainment's God of War, and Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment's Marvel's Spider-Man as nominees for Game of the Year. Other nominees from Japanese game franchises, or deve...

The staff of the World Cosplay Summit event revealed on Tuesday that the event will hold its main event at the Tokyo Dome City in Tokyo on July 27-28 next year. The event will be named "World Cosplay Summit 2019 in Tokyo." The event, launched in 2003, has held its championship events in Nagoya, Aichi since its founding. The championships are usually held in August. This year's event took place on ...

Shirobako creators' January anime about pilots for hire― The official website for director Tsutomu Mizushima and scriptwriter Michiko Yokote's Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai (Kotobuki - The Wasteland Squadron) original television anime project revealed on Wednesday that Akiko Yajima and Keiji Fujiwara will join the anime's cast. The two new cast members will voice the following characters (both were previ...

Manga about superpowered firefighting team launched in 2015― David Production (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Cells at Work!) announced on Wednesday that it is producing a television anime adaptation of Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga. Kodansha Comics publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story: Terror has paralyzed the clockwork metropolis of Tokyo! Possessed by demo...

When she isn't playing a wild cat on TV, voice actress Yuka Ozaki loves to heap adoration onto her own pet cat, Pia. That's the premise of the new manga Pure to Pia by artist Shirokuma. The four-panel essay manga retells the daily life of Ozaki and her cat as well as gives a behind the scenes look at her every day home and work life. It also includes actual photographs of Ozaki. The book is slated...

Manga about odd twins sold to freak show launched in 2014― The December issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam magazine published the last chapter of Suehiro Maruo's Tomino no Jigoku (Tomino the Damned) manga on Monday. The manga's third compiled book volume previously revealed in April that the manga's fourth volume will be its last. The manga centers on a set of twins with an older brother and you...

― In an interview with A Certain Magical Index creator Kazuma Kamachi and editor Kazuma Miki, published on Saturday, Newtype magazine mentioned that the third season of the A Certain Scientific Railgun anime is slated for 2019 along with the A Certain Scientific Accelerator anime. The staff announced the new season at the "Dengeki Bunko 25th Anniversary Fall Dengeki Festival" event last month. Tatsu...

The world mourned the loss of one of comic book's revolutionaries on Monday. American comics pioneer Stan Lee passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 95. Lee was opened a whole new world of entertainment at Marvel Comics as the creative behind Iron Man, X-Men, Spider-Man, Black Panther, The Mighty Thor, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, Doctor ...

Manga set in marine city where humans, robots coexist launched in 2014― Gun Snark (Attack on Titan: No Regrets) and Mitsuru Ohsaki (Onimusha: Night Of Genesis) published the 90th and final chapter of their Ptolemy's Singularity (Tendō no Singularity) manga on November 2. The manga is a spinoff of Satoshi Hase and redjuice's Beatless novel. Tokyo Otaku Mode published the manga's first 14 chapters in ...

Last year Okayama prefecture introduced us to the tourism anime Kibi Dango. The anime, which draws cues from the popular Momotarō folktale, takes an educational look at the area's local government and policies to help raise interaction with young people. The first episode focused on disaster preparation and starred Yui Horie as the new transfer student Momo. A second episode promoted traveling ove...

Owners of LoveROMs, LoveRETRO must also surrender site ownership, games, emulators― The TorrentFreak website reported on Monday that an unsigned copy of a final judgement it obtained reveals that the parties in Nintendo of America's lawsuit against the owners of ROM sites LoveROMs.com and LoveRETRO.co. have reached a consent judgement. A federal court in Arizona awarded a judgement amount of US$12,2...

The upcoming Sailor Moon Crystal collaboration with XFLAG's Monster Strike mobile game revealed more details while also adding another mystery for players to unravel. The collaboration is set to launch on November 16, but the campaign site unveiled a new live-action video showing Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus standing in the shadows. The video is narrated by Kotono Mitsuishi, the v...

― Bandai Namco Entertainment opened a teaser website at "project-n.bn-ent.net" on Sunday to tease a new original work. The company will announce the title in the December issue of Monthly CoroCoro Comic on November 15. Trademarks for the title "Ninja Box" were recently filed in Japan under Bandai Namco Entertainment and went public on October 30. Sources: Bandai Namco Entertainment, J-PlatPat (link ...

Film of GUNNM manga opens in U.S. on February 14― 20th Century Fox began streaming a new "Battle Ready" trailer on Tuesday for Alita: Battle Angel, James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's live-action film of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga. IMDb also began streaming a behind-the-scenes video featuring interviews with the film's cast and staff. The film will open in the United States o...

― The Medabots franchise's official portal website launched a countdown on Tuesday that will end on November 28, the 20th anniversary of the launch of Imagineer's original Medabots (Medarot) Game Boy game in Japan. Imagineer representative Hiroyuki Hashida told Gzbrain Inc.'s Weekly Famitsu magazine in October, "I wonder if we will be able to announce something in coordination with the 20th annivers...

Anime's 1st 2 episodes slated to debut simultaneously this year― The 15th chapter of Shu Hirose's manga adaptation of Frontwing's Grisaia: Phantom Trigger game revealed on Monday that the anime adaptation of the game will open in theaters in spring 2019. Hirose launched the manga on Akita Shoten's Manga Cross website in August 2017, and the third compiled book volume will ship on December 20. As of ...

Game launches in Japan on December 13, in West on February 8― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the opening animation for the God Eater 3 game on Tuesday. Anime studio ufotable provided the animation, and Bandai Namco Entertainment debuted a sneak peek of the animation in September. The video previews the theme song "stereo future" by BiSH. The game will debut in Japan on December 13 for Pl...

Film opens in Japan on November 17― The official website for the two-part anime film series based on Nanae Chrono's Peace Maker Kurogane manga revealed a promotional video on Tuesday for the second film, Peacemaker Kurogane: Friend (Peacemaker Kurogane: Yūmei). The film will open in Japan on November 17. The website also revealed samples of the exclusive manga written by Chrono that theatergoers wil...

― Katsuhiro Otomo said in an interview in this year's 22nd issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine on Saturday that he is working on a new manga. The interviewer asked if he is writing a new manga, or if there is a manga he would like to write. Otomo quickly answered, "Of course there is!" and went on to say it's a full-length work, but the contents are secret. He added that he feels stuck when it ...

Switch game debuts on December 7― Nintendo began streaming a one-minute trailer for its Super Smash Bros. Ultimate crossover fighting game on Sunday. The video highlights many of the game's playable characters. The game will ship for Nintendo Switch on December 7. The game will include all previous playable characters and support eight-player battles. New characters include Animal Crossing: New Leaf...

C/FO founder, Streamline Pictures story editor wrote numerous contributions to various fandoms― The Twitter accounts for writer Roz Gibson, Dogpatch Press editor David Popovich and Otaku USA magazine reported on Monday that writer Fred Patten passed away earlier in the day shortly after 8:00 a.m. He was 77. He was found unresponsive on the morning of November 1 and never regained consciousness. Patt...

Singer also performed Denshi Sentai Denziman tokusatsu series' theme song― The official Twitter account for singer Ken Narita announced on Tuesday that Narita had passed away on the morning of Tuesday, November 13 just after 7:00 a.m. due to pneumonia. He was 73. His relatives will hold a private funeral. Narita is perhaps best known for singing the opening theme song "Ta ga Tame ni" and other songs...

Tiga finale's kaijū appears in anime opening November 23― An advance screening for the Kaijū Girls (Black): Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku anime revealed on November 6 that Yui Ogura plays Gatanothor, a version of the most powerful kaijū that appeared in the final two episodes of the Ultraman Tiga television series. The anime also stars: Hiyori Nitta as Commander Black Yuki Yagi as Alien Pegassa Minami...

The official Twitter account for the television anime of Yukiwo's Jashin-chan Dropkick (Dropkick on My Devil!) manga announced on Monday that the anime's Blu-ray Disc and DVD box sets have sold a combined 1,500 copies towards the 2,000 needed to guarantee a second season. The staff will no longer provide updates on the count until the "Sugoi Sabato" event on January 20, when it will announce the r...

48 titles plus 2 pads, HDMI cable, 7 exclusive stickers, nonskid pad, HD screen protector― SNK announced on Tuesday that it will offer a new version of its Neo Geo Mini system called the "Neo Geo mini Christmas Limited Edition." The new version will contain 48 titles (compared to the 40 of the original Neo Geo Mini), including nine games not included in the previous Neo Geo Mini versions: Aggressors...

As Ichitaka's childhood friend Itsuki Akiba in 13-episode series premiering December 21― The staff of the live-action series adaptation of Masakazu Katsura's I''s manga revealed on Tuesday that Kyōka Shibata will play Itsuki Akiba, Ichitaka's younger childhood friend. She is a simple and innocent girl who recently returned to Japan after a four-year stay in America. The 13-episode series will premie...

Student council president debuts next spring in 2nd season, film― The official Twitter account for the live-action Kakegurui project announced on Tuesday that Elaiza Ikeda will play Hyakkaou Private Academy's student council president Kirari Momobari in the show's second season and film. Ikeda said that she has been following the original manga series since volume 1. She had wondered who would play ...

The official website for Kemono Friends 2, the second season of the Kemono Friends anime, revealed a new visual for the anime on Tuesday. The visual shows Serval with the new character Caracal. The anime will premiere on January 7 at 26:05 a.m. (effectively January 8 at 2:05 a.m.) on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, and AT-X. The new season's story begins with Serval and Caracal finding a "human" chi...